Shooting Confirms Rising Crime Fear In Kansas City Crossroads

2025 has been rough for the Crossroads. 

It's now an opens secret that this neighborhood helped chase the Chiefs & Royals out of town. 

One of their main proponents was chased away by noise and mayhem that he said were impacting his mental health. 

A longtime biz claimed that downtown & the crossroads was turning into a "hell hole" and his complaints garnered global news coverage. 

And now . . .

A horrific shooting in the Crossroads seems to confirm suspicions that "momentum" for the neighborhood is moving in the wrong. 

"Kansas City, Missouri, police officers working off-duty heard several gunshots in the area of East 18th and Oak streets.

"They found the shooting victim, and he was taken to a hospital. No arrests have been made."

Read more via www.TonysKansasCity.com link . . .

KSHB: One person shot early Sunday morning in Crossroads Arts District in Kansas City, Missouri

KCTV5: Man suffers life-threatening injuries in shooting at 18th and Oak

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